CERN CineClub - Tesis

Wednesday 14 Oct 2015, 20:00 → 22:05 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar (Spain, 1996) 125 min.

Why is death and violence so fascinating? Is it morally correct to show violence in movies? If so, is there a limit to what we should show? That's the subject of Ángela's examination paper. She is a young student at a film school in Madrid. Together with the student Chema (who is totally obsessed with violent movies) they find a snuff movie in which a young girl is tortured and killed. Soon they discover that the girl was a former student at their school...

Original version spanish; english subtitles